Bokaro: Shwettaa Singh, the Congress candidate from Bokaro, finally removed her tagline ‘Vijay Ya Veergati' (Victory or Martyrdom) after five years, after she was declared a winner on Saturday. After loosing to BJP's Biranchi Narayan in the 2019 assembly elections, Shwettaa used the slogan on her social media handles symbolising her resilience. Refusing to be disheartened by the failure, this time, she defeated BJP's Biranchi by 7,207 votes and secured 1,33,438 votes.
Shwettaa, the daughter-in-law of late veteran politician Samaresh Singh, has successfully carried forward her family's political legacy.
In 2019, Congress nominated her at the last minute amid disputes over her father-in-law's political legacy. Her sister-in-law, Parinda Singh, who had joined the BJP, also aspired to contest the elections. Despite these challenges, Shwettaa remained committed to honouring her father-in-law's legacy as his political successor.